Clinical Experience 3

Course Description

Clinical Experience 3 is the third and final full-time clinical experience occurring after all didactic content has been delivered. The Clinical Experience 3 is twelve weeks in length. The affiliation typically takes place off site and is coordinated, managed, and overseen by the Director of Clinical Education. The students will have the opportunity to problem solve and utilize their clinical decision making skills in examining, evaluating, assessing and developing plans of care for varied patient populations as per the objectives of the course. Students will be supervised in an affiliating clinical facility by a licensed physical therapist, using an experiential teaching format. Students will have the opportunity to work and learn in a physical therapy setting, and have the opportunity to integrate classroom didactic information with practical hands-on clinical experience. The student will have exposure to patient care, have the opportunity for clinical learning and teaching, administration, observation and/or participation in research, and practice and adopt professional socialization skills. Instructional methods will include online asynchronous Canvas assignments and onsite clinical practical experience.

Code

PHTH 9388

Credits

8

Subject

PHTH